“Congratulations on history’s greatest comeback,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a message to former US president Donald Trump on his historic presidential victory this week.
Other supporters used similar terms to describe Trump’s decisive win at the polls, despite two assassination attempts, ferocious attacks against him by “progressive” Democrats and most of the mainstream media and a torrid time fighting lawsuits. His victory makes him the first American in over a century to secure two non-consecutive terms as president.
Trump also pulled off something that has eluded Republicans for 20 years. Along with the electoral college (the voting system required to win the presidency), he also won the popular vote.
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A massive coalition of Evangelical Christian and pro-Israel voters were a significant factor in his victory, which also saw him win considerably higher numbers of Hispanic, African American, and young voters, than most Republicans have won in the past. While not everybody who voted for Trump, necessarily love the man, his promises on the economy, immigration, and what he calls “common sense” leadership resonated with ordinary voters struggling with inflation-driven price hikes in recent years. The election result was also a vote of no confidence in the woke, extreme left tilt of the modern Democratic Party and Kamala Harris’s attempt to build her campaign around abortion rights and portraying Trump as “a Hitler” who was “a danger to democracy”.
Netanyahu, who was one of the first world leaders to congratulate Trump, said in an X post: “Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America. This is a huge victory!”
The Israel leader’s post implies a criticism of the Biden-Harris administration’s relationship with Israel during its existential multi-front war since October 7 last year. Political observers expected US-Israel relations to cool further if Kamala Harris won the election.
On Wednesday, Trump spoke with Netanyahu, with the Prime Minister’s Office saying in a statement that “the two agreed to work together for Israel’s security” and had “discussed the Iranian threat.”
A spokesperson for the Republican Party said on Wednesday that the US President-elect wants to see Israel wrap up its wars soon, with decisive victories.
Speaking early on Tuesday, the election day, Evangelical Christian leader Franklin Graham underscored why a Trump victory would be an incredible answer to prayer for Christians. Calling the election “the most important election in the history of our nation,” Graham emphasised that if Trump were to be elected: “There’s going to be millions of unborn children that will be protected in the next four years.
“The military is going to be protected. The borders are going to be protected in the next four years. Freedom of speech is going to be protected. Freedom of religion is going to be upheld,” he stressed, adding God is the ultimate authority on who will lead the nation.
Following Trump’s remarkable victory, Graham wrote on social media: “Congratulations to @realDonaldTrump on being elected the 47th president of the United States of America! I pray that you will look to God every day for His guidance and wisdom.”
Speaking to supporters at his victory speech from his home state of Florida, during the early hours of Wednesday, Trump said: “God spared my life for a reason: for a mission to make America great, safe, and secure again.”
During his message he said he hopes to unite the nation.
The Trump victory party concluded around 3am on Wednesday with a worship session [see below] which has been widely shared on social media.
In an opinion piece on Trump’s win, Stephen Strang, editor of Charisma Magazine, said: “Donald Trump’s win is the biggest political comeback in modern history. As the country has become less moral and lurched toward socialism in recent decades, millions of Americans (including most Bible-believing Christians) have had enough. We prayed God would change the downward direction by giving us a leader who would change the course. God answered with a decisive win for Trump, whose life, I believe, God spared—twice!—for such a time as this.
“There is a spiritual aspect to this election that most in the media ignore. They focus on issues they think swung the election — the economy, the border crisis and foreign policies. But they ignore the fact that millions of us consider abortion murder; that we refuse to allow the ever-growing list of perversions to be crammed down our throats; and that we just resent the ungodly trend toward more government that manifests itself in so many ways.
“Those who oppose Trump also oppose what we believers consider to be godly values. Trump famously once said, ‘They aren’t against me, they are against you, I’m just in the way.’ I believe it. They called Donald Trump a fascist and those of us who support him “deplorable”, “Nazi” and this time, “garbage”.
“As the returns came in, I was glued to my TV, watching the vote being counted and listening to the secular analysis. I agreed with much of the conservative commentary I heard, but I kept waiting for anyone to say what I believe: that the spiritual perspective is a key factor and for many voters was the deciding factor.
“The one exception I saw of a media pundit considering the spiritual aspect was Lisa Booth on Fox News. She referenced how God saved Donald Trump’s life in order for him to serve as president again. She mentioned how his supporters sang hymns outside his victory party in Florida, and she even quoted Scripture, saying “If God be for us who can be against us.
“I believe Trump’s election is a fulfillment of prophecy which I documented in my book God and Donald Trump. Ten years before Trump announced his first candidacy, Kim Clement and others said God was going to raise up someone who would not be a praying man when he went into the White House, but would become a man of prayer. In other words, as imperfect as Trump may be by evangelical standards of behavior, God would use him for His purposes.
“In 2016, the Evangelical vote was a deciding force. When none of the historians seemed to cover this aspect, I felt led to write God and Donald Trump. Most prophetic words are not well documented. But in the book I document what was said and it did come true — another aspect the secular pundits ignore.
“The prophecy was actually that Trump would be elected twice. So, in 2020, other so-called ‘prophets’ jumped on the bandwagon saying Trump would win that election, too. Yet some of these ‘prophets’ kept saying something miraculous would happen that would put Trump in at the last minute. It was embarrassing to me and I distanced myself from it.
“Yet now, Trump has been elected a second time. The prophets I wrote about in 2017 were right, and this time his win is not being challenged because he has won decisively against ridiculous odds — two assassination attempts, two impeachments, numerous frivolous lawsuits, legal maneuvering to keep him off the ballot in some states and more. His election is an answer to prayer of the millions who prayed. It is time to build unity in our nation, now, through these next four years, and the Spirit-led community can lead the way.
“The time between now and the inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, is a critical time. There are powerful forces who want to keep Trump from taking office though all manner of shenanigans and legal schemes. We must fast, pray and stay in the Word. Remember, when we humble ourselves and repent, the Lord will forgive and heal our land.
“There’s so much that must be done. At least now we have a reprieve. And we know that in the same way God spared Trump’s life on July 13, God has spared America on Nov. 5, from an accelerated downward spiral.
“But our work is just beginning. It’s more than making America great again. We must work and believe that America can be godly again.”
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